Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 2 storm with 100-mile-per-hour winds on Tuesday as Florida’s governor warned it could bring “total devastation” to parts of the southern US state. The storm — currently located over the...

Hurricane Michael was expected to strengthen on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico, taking aim at the Florida Panhandle, where residents were ordered to get out of harm’s way ahead of life-threatening waves, winds and rains....